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the older woody parts thereof round, the tender ones some- 

 what ihree-sided, and clotlied with villous pubescence, their 

 seneral length about two feet and a half. Leaves ternale as 

 in the other species. Leaflets lanceolate, the pair obliquely 

 so, acute, entire, three-nerved, slightly villous underneath ; 

 three or four inches long-, and less than one broad. Petioles 

 three-sided ; angles sharp and ciliate. Stipules opposite, lan- 

 ceolate, cuspidate, half the length of the petioles, villous, ca- 

 ducous. Racemes axillary, solitary, villous, becoming- rather 

 longer than the petioles by the time the (lowershave expanded. 

 Bractes solitary, one-flowered, lanceolate, clothed with silky 

 hairs, caducous. Flower small, a mixture of pale yellow and 

 purple. Calyx hairy, five-parted, clothed with long-, fine, 

 white hairs ; segments acute, the lower one twice the length 

 of the other four. J^ef/unie oval, two-seeded. Seeds round, 

 dark brown, spotted with gray. 



3. F. nana. Roxh. 



SufJruticose, with a very short, ligneous stem, and few 

 short branches. Leaves ternate. Leaflets sub-obovate ; pe- 

 tiole winged. Racemes axiWAry, crowded. Legume covered 

 M ith red clammy glands. 



Hind. Swpta C«s?/nt. 



This beautiful, small, sub-herbaceous species was found by 

 Col. Hardwicke in various parts in the vicinity of the Gan- 

 ges toward Hurdwar, and by him introduced into this gar- 

 den, where it blossoms about the beginning- of the hot season. 



Stem scarcely any, a short, pereimial, ligneous stump, of 

 scarcely an inch in length, is all that appears above ground, 

 from which issue a few short, sub herbaceous branches, the 

 whole height, leaves included, not above ^ix or eight inches. 

 Leaves ternate, long-petioled. Leaflets, the pair obliquely 

 oblong; the terminal one obovate; all are three-nerved and 

 a little downy, from one to three inches long. Petioles 

 as long, or longer than the leaflets, winged. Stipules ensi- 

 form. Racemes axillary, sub-sessile, from one to several to- 



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